Dominique Kuhlen has been Chief Clinical Officer of the Hirslanden Group since March 2022. Before joining the Hirslanden Group, Dominique Kuhlen held various positions at the Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC) in Lugano, most recently as Deputy Senior Consultant and acting Manager of the Neurosurgical Hospital. From 2010 to 2013, she was senior surgeon at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar (the university hospital of the Technical University of Munich) in Munich. In the years before that (2005-2009), she held various positions at the Inselspital Bern, ending as Deputy Senior Surgeon at the Neurosurgical Hospital.

Dominique Kuhlen graduated in Human Medicine from the University of Bern and holds the FMH specialist qualification in Neurosurgery. She also holds an Executive Master of Business Administration and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Systemic Management in Health Care - both from the University of St.Gallen (HSG). She is currently completing a Bachelor in Law at FernUni Schweiz.

Career

  • March 2022 onwards 
    Chief Clinical Officer, Hirslanden Group
  • 2013 – 2022 
    Various positions at the EOC (Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale) in Lugano, ending as Deputy Senior Consultant and acting Manager of the Neurosurgical Hospital
  • 2010 – 2013 
    Senior surgeon at the Rechts der Isar University Hospital (the university hospital of the Technical University of Munich) in Munich
  • 2005 – 2009 
    Various positions at the Inselspital Bern, ending as Deputy Senior Surgeon at the Neurosurgical Hospital

Education

  • Degree in Human Medicine, University of Bern
  • Specialist in Neurosurgery FMH
  • Executive Master of Business Administration, HSG St.Gallen
  • Certificate of Advanced Studies in Systematic Healthcare Management from the University of St. Gallen
  • CAS MedLaw from the University of Zurich (without final thesis)
  • Currently: Bachelor in Law, FernUni Schweiz

Other activities and functions

  • Federal Commission for General Services and Principle, Member of the Extra-Parliamentary Commission
  • Swiss Neurosurgeons International (SNI), Member of the association committee
  • Swiss Medical Association (FMH), Member
  • Foederatio Medicorum Chirurgicorum Helvetica (FMCH), Member
  • Swiss Society of Spinal Surgery, Member
  • Swiss Federation of Clinical Neuro-Societies (SFCNS), Member
  • European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), Member
  • Clinical lecturer at the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI)

Dr Dominique Kuhlen

Dr  Dominique Kuhlen
Chief Clinical Officer
Member of the Executive Committee
Hirslanden AG
Corporate Office
Boulevard Lilienthal 2
CH-8152 Glattpark